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Bank of Botswana Exchange Rates

Official foreign-exchange reference rates published by Bank of Botswana, the central bank of Botswana. Parfeed sources BOB's 6 BWP currency pairs directly from the bank and delivers them through one clean REST API — updated every business day, traceable to the official source.

Home currency

BWP

Currency pairs

6

Region

Africa

Country

Botswana

Currency pairs published by BOB

Bank of Botswana publishes official BWP reference rates for the 6 currency pairs below, last updated 2026-06-08. Live rate values are available through the API on a paid plan that includes BOBsee pricing.

Rates are quoted indirectly — the value of one BWP in each currency (1 BWP = X foreign).

USDBWP/USD
US Dollar
EURBWP/EUR
Euro
GBPBWP/GBP
British Pound Sterling
JPYBWP/JPY
Japanese Yen
CNYBWP/CNY
Chinese Yuan
ZARBWP/ZAR
South African Rand

Access BOB rates via API

Pull Bank of Botswana's rates programmatically from the Parfeed exchange rate API:

curl "https://api.parfeed.com/v1/rates?bank=BOB" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY"

See the full API documentation. BOB is available on Pro and higher.

Bank holidays 2026

11 non-publishing days

Bank of Botswana does not publish exchange rates on these days. Rates roll over to the previous business day.

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June
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July
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September
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October
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November
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December
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Holiday Estimated date
JAN1

New Year's Day

Thursday, Jan 1

APR3

Good Friday

Friday, Apr 3

APR4

Easter Saturday

Saturday, Apr 4

APR6

Easter Monday

Monday, Apr 6

MAY1

Labour Day

Friday, May 1

MAY14

Ascension Day

Thursday, May 14

JUL1

Sir Seretse Khama Day

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Wednesday, Jul 1

JUL20

President's Day

Monday, Jul 20

SEP30

Botswana Day

Wednesday, Sep 30

DEC25

Christmas Day

Friday, Dec 25

DEC26

Boxing Day

Saturday, Dec 26

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Bank of Botswana Exchange Rates (BOB) — Official BWP Rates | Parfeed